SpaceX announces IPO plans that could become largest listing ever at $75 billion
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Summary
SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced plans for a record-breaking IPO that could raise approximately $75 billion (€64.5bn), potentially surpassing Saudi Aramco as the largest ever listing. Despite losing $2.6 billion from operations last year on $18.7 billion in revenue, with losses continuing into this year, the company aims to use the funds to support Moon and Mars missions. Strong earnings from Starlink contrast with losses in Musk's other ventures, X and xAI.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSpaceX founder Elon Musk announced plans on Wednesday for one of the biggest stock sales ever, by taking a space company public that is currently losing billions of dollars a year.
A filing shows that SpaceX lost $2.6 billion (€2.24bn) from operations last year on $18.7 billion in revenue, and the losses continued at the start of this year.
An offering of that size would easily surpass the current title holder, Saudi Aramco, the oil giant that went public.
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